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DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm 1833 "Building a Habitable Earth"

Over a period of 6 years, DFG is funding research projects within its SPP framework (DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm) "Building a Habitable Earth". The SPP will contribute to the still open question how Earth became the only known habitable planet.

In a concerted approach the SPP will address this eminent issue by involving different earth science disciplines like geology, geochemistry, planetology, cosmochemistry, geobiology and geophysical modelling. The three most critical topics central to this SPP are
  • the compositions and sources of Earth’s building materials
  • the Earth’s early internal processing into crust, mantle, and core
  • the evolution of the ocean-atmosphere system.
SPP participants will cover these topics by studying ancient rocks samples and extraterrestrial samples available as meteorites or from space missions. These investigations will be complemented by sophisticated modelling approaches and laboratory experiments. SPP 1833 “Building a Habitable Earth” is steered by a Scientific Programm Committee of high profile German earth scientists jointly with an Early Career Scientist Committee to promote young scientists in the field.          
SPP at a glance
Funding period2015-2021
Scientific CoordinatorCarsten Münker (University of Cologne)
DFG-Contact Person

Dr. Tim Haarmann (0228-885-2328, tim.haarmann(at)dfg.de)    oder
Ursula Overath (0228-885-2758, ursula.overath(at)dfg.de)

Coordination OfficeSPP-1833(at)uni-koeln.de

Contact

Coordination office: SPP-1833(at)uni-koeln.de

Phone 0221-4703196

News

March 2023:

Registration finished for our final colloquium. Please find  the programme here...

November 2022:

Save the Date: The final colloquium of the SPP 1833 will take place March 6-8, 2023 in Cologne.

September 2022:

Eric Runge was given the prestigious Paul-Ramdohr Award of the German Mineralogical Society (DMG). Eric received the award for his excellent talk at the GeoMinKöln 2022, entitled "The taphonomic fate of biominerals in hydrothermal sulfide systems – implications for the reconstruction of microbial life in deep time". Read more here

August 2022:

The report about our Greenland Field Workshop is online. Read it here...

April 2022:

The Sixth General Meeting of the SPP 1833 “Building a Habitable Earth” was held April 6-8, 2022, at the University of Tübingen. Please find photos and a short report here.

July 2021:

Sara Vulpius, FU Berlin, received the 2021 virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award at the EGU conference for the vPICO presentation "Effects on the volatile release from magmatic intrusions".

February 2021:

Jan-Peter Duda, René Heller, Carsten Münker und Joachim Reitner are hosting a session "Early Earth – geodynamics, environments, & the emergence of life" at the GEOKARLSRUHE 2021 "Sustainable Earth – from processes to resources", 19–23 September 2021. Please find further details here...

November 2020:

Dr. Michelle Gehringer and Achim Herrmann presented their research in a television report as part of the Sat1-Regionalmagazin. On November 26th, they featured in "Algen – die Superstars von morgen?" Find a link here...

October 2020:

The DFG Emmy-Noether Research Project "Reaching for life in the distant past – deciphering the geobiology of modern and ancient hydrothermal sulfides", lead by Dr. Jan-Peter Duda, is now associated with the SPP 1833. Find further details here.

September 2020:

The abstracts that were prepared and collected for the planned General Meeting 2020 of the SPP 1833 are now available as a progress report of the research of the SPP 1833.

April 2020:

A report about our Field Workshop 2020 in India is now online. Find it here...

Newsletter

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You can also download the latest issue here.

Images: A. Kappler, D. Hezel, C. Münker (Please send SPP-related pictures to SPP-1833@uni-koeln.de)